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The Documentary: Great Expectations: Episode 4: Inspiring a Real Legacy

Episode 4: Inspiring a Real Legacy

Great Expectations

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Great Expectations, Episode 4: Inspiring a Real Legacy

BBC World Service tracks East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park.

The BBC World Service follows East Londoners who live in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park. Nina Robertson reports from Hackney, just moments away from the London 2012 Olympics.

This BBC World Service series has been tracking the lives of East Londoners living on a deprived housing estate, in the shadow of the 2012 Olympic Park for the past two years.  The BBC's Nina Robinson reports.

Episode 4: Inspiring a Real Legacy

"Although we live very close to it, we don't feel part of it at all," so says single mum Hillary Wilgress. 

"Because people are people, they're not thinking this is great because this is going to help us with the Olympics. They're thinking what a pain it is… stuck in traffic again."

Organisers argue that the legacy of the Games will be felt for generations to come.

Aside from the Olympic Village itself – which residents admit is impressive - there will be new commercial areas, a library, homes, better infrastructure and a shopping centre.

With the prospects for jobs, will regeneration affect those who need it most?

First broadcast on 20 October 2010.
(Image: A visit to the Olympic site. Credit: Associated Press)

The Documentary: Great Expectations

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A season of programmes exploring people living near the London 2012 Olympic Games.

A season of programmes exploring the communities living near the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games

A season of programmes exploring the communities living near the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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